Man says person threatened him with gun at QuikTrip

A Des Moines man said another man pointed a gun at his head while he was putting air into his motorcycle tire at a Des Moines gas station Friday afternoon, according to a police report.

Police officers received a report of a fight between two men at QuikTrip, 2945 E. University Ave., at about 3 p.m. Friday.

When officers arrived, the 40-year-old victim told officers that a man had pulled up to him in a blue Kia and pointed a handgun at his head.

The suspect then began yelling and cursing at the victim, the report said. There had been no event leading up to the confrontation, the victim said.

The victim told the other man that he was going to call the police. The suspect got back in his vehicle and started driving west on Walker Street, according to the report. The victim tried to follow the man, but he did not keep up.

A witness told police he saw an older man pull up in a blue Kia, pull out a gun, point the gun at the victim and begin yelling.

The witness also said he did not see anything happen to prompt the fight.

The victim told police the suspect is a man in his 40s.

He gave police the license plate of the vehicle the man was driving.

No arrests had been made as of Saturday afternoon.

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Man says person threatened him with gun at QuikTrip

A Des Moines man said another man pointed a gun at his head while he was putting air into his motorcycle tire at a Des Moines gas station Friday afternoon, according to a police report.Police